Skarner vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Skarner
based on 849 Skarner vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Jax
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Advice to Win Against Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Skarner vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Skarner versus Jax matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jax..
Skarner normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jax. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Jax
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Who is Better, Skarner or Jax?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when playing against Jax, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a poor counter for Jax.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate than Jax, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Skarner into Jax.
Moreover, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a bad counter for Jax. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Jax during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average accumulates a lot less CS as Jax. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Jax build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Jax than with most other common item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 47.2% when countering Jax with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Jax as Skarner, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Skarner vs Jax counters, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.
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